Doll dress pattern and manufacture



Oct. 9, 1962 Filed NOV. 6, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 44 rZ/ a H/=7= Q/Z I k'24 INVENTOR.

- a JSBPHI/UE CpoWb/V Oct. 9, 1962 J. c. OWEN 3,056,970

DOLL DRESS PATTERN AND MANUFACTURE Filed Nov. 6, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. TsPH/NE C. OW N This invention relates to the art of clothing manufacture, and primarily to the manufacture of doll clothes and related articles.

The invention still further involves the novel concept of providing a quite different type of pattern and availing of said pattern to manipulate fabric or other materials from which dresses may be made for dolls or the like so as to obviates many tedious operations usually associated with the handling of small pieces of material and large numbers of such small pieces.

The invention primarily contemplates the improvement in technique of manufacture whether the same be in small or large quantities and is primarily adapted for use by those who wish to make small quantities of doll clothes and yet avoid many of the ditliculties attendant thereon.

With the foregoing in mind, the basic improvement suggested by this invention resides in changing the type of pattern which is used to lay out the outline of an article of doll clothing or the like and make more simple the cutting out and assembly of such clothing since the number of pieces to be assembled will be reduced immeasurably and in most cases be only one or at most two basic components.

With the improvements suggested by the foregoing, it is a principal object of this invention to provide a novel method of doll dress manufacture which comprises the provision of a pattern outline which may be transferred to many different kinds of materials and used over and over again without any material alteration or damage to such pattern being the result of such use or required by such use.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a pattern outline which may be laid out in a completely flat condition, and essentially one piece in contrast to the usual pattern arrangement which involves a number of pieces of flimsy material which in small sections are diflicult to handle.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a pattern member incorporating the outline therein, which member is of relatively stiff material so that it may be used to trace around and in turn impart the outline of said pattern to fabric or the like from which the clothing is made.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide a pattern arrangement and method of using the same which will make possible initial sewing operations on the garment or articles of clothing to be performed in a flat condition before any cutting to shape the fabric is done, thus obviously increasing the speed with which such operations may be effected as well as simplifying the following of such outline.

Probably one of the most important objects of this invention is to provide a general method which will avail of the use of facing so as to enable the cutting of a clothing member in one piece thus eliminating seaming and by the availing of the facing eliminate the tedious hemm-ing, binding and other operations usually associated therewith. The further fact of course that the sewing may be effected largely in the flat condition of the marked but uncut material takes advantage of the basic differences hereinbefore outlined and materially assists in the manufacture of articles of doll clothing whether in small or large quantities.

Other and equally important objects of this invention will be set forth hereinafter in the specification appended hereto and shown in the drawings wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a plan view of a flat pattern comprising a basic element of my method.

FIGURE 2 is a plan view showing the pattern in place upon material, which material is to have the pattern outline traced thereon.

FIGURE 3 is a view showing the material having the pattern outline traced thereon and after certain sewing operations have been performed said outline having been cut out.

FIGURE 4 is a plan view of the article of clothing of the previous figures in cut out condition with the same having been reversed as respects the inner facing and outer part of the garment.

FIGURE 5 is a side view so to speak of the disclosure in FIGURE 4 illustrating the further assembly operation with the inside of the finished garment exposed.

FIGURE 6 is a front View of the garment with the article shown in FIGURE 5 having been completely turned inside out.

FIGURE 7 is a rear view of the article shown in FIGURE 6.

Referring now to the drawings, FIGURE 1 discloses a pattern outline, which in this instance is a pattern outline of a bodice member which may be attached subsequently to a skirt, but need not necessarily be so attached. The pattern outline in this instance is arranged so that it may be transferred to a fiat relatively stiff material such as cardboard or heavy paper, including identical halves, whereby the pattern is in absolutely fiat condition.

Portions of the pattern comprising the side members 1 and 2 which members 1 and 2 are identical and each include a skirt attaching portion 3 and 4 respectively, the rear split back edges 5 and 6 and the arm portions 7 and 8 respectively.

The back edges 5 and 6 and the sleeve ends 7 and 8 are connected by the cut out corners under sleeve parts 9 and 10 respectively.

The front of the bodice is a solid piece generally denoted 11 having the skirt attaching edge portion 12 thereon and undersleeve edge at 13 and 14 connecting the said skirt edge 12 with the sleeve ends 7 and 8 respectively. Suitable darts 15 and 16 are illustrated on the pattern outline for use in subsequent manipulation of said outline.

The neck curve or opening denoted 17 is substantially circular and connected to the back edges 5 and 6 by the cut 18 as indicated.

The dotted lines adjacent all of the edges are toindicate where stitching is to be undertaken and with the pattern outline illustrated in FIGURE 1 the same is thereafter transposed on to the reverse side or wrong side of a block of material generally denoted 20 the block of the material in this instance having the stripes indicated in dotted lines in FIGURE 2 at 21 and the stripes being shown in full lines at 21 in said FIGURE likewise in the turned over corner denoted 22.

The pattern outline of FIGURE 1 is transferred to the Wrong side of the block of material 20 by the use of a soft pencil drawing around the outside edge of the fiat pattern of FIGURE 1, said flat pattern of course being stiff enough to permit such operation.

The foregoing pattern outline may be printed directly on the block of material, if such block is to be furnished by a supplier. This will not, however, permit repeated use of a dress pattern as will be apparent.

- Since one of the features of this invention is to reduce the necessity to handle a number of pieces and likewise a facing the right side of the block 20 bearing the stripes on said right side and thus face to face.

The blocks 20 and 23 are temporarily pinned in a manner such as indicated at 24, 25, and 26 to prevent relative movement of the two blocks 20 and 23 until certain operations now to be described are undertaken.

Discussing now particularly the FIGURE 2 disclosure, it will be considered that the pattern outline of the FIG- URE 1 has been transposed thereon with respective parts denoted previously bearing the letter a subtended thereto, such as the sleeve ends being denoted 7a and 8a etc., these lettered numerals indicating the pencil outline formed on the wrong side of the material of the block 20 the reverse side being designated as the right side thereof.

Thereafter very fine stitches, preferably about 25 to the inch may run down the sleeve ends at the positions such as 7b and 8b, along the back edges 5b and 6b and around the neck opening at 17b, the neck opening being denoted 17a, as illustrated.

It should be understood that this stitching takes place while the blocks are in the condition shown in FIGURE 2 and before any cutting of the outline is undertaken.

FIGURE 3 illustrates the bodice unit so-called, in the condition of having been cut out around the outline, the cut edges now being denoted with the same numbers but the letter being applied thereto in conjunction with such numbers, as for example the sleeve ends being de noted 70 and 8c, the skirt edges being denoted 3c and 4c respectively.

With the out out members of the FIGURE 3 disclosure, ready to be manipulated, the same are turned inside out so that the facing now faces the wrong side of the material along the lines illustrated in FIGURE 4 the stitching thereupon assuming the general relationship to the edges as denoted in dotted lines with the same numerals applied and the letters subtended being in the series d, for example, the sleeve ends being denoted 7d and 8d respectively, the edges at the back being denoted d and 6d correspondingly. With the garment shown in the condition of FIGURE 4 the darts now denoted d and 16d respectively are sewn in the usual manner and thereafter the skirt edges 30 and 4c are folded so that they are aligned with the opposite skirt edge 12c in accordance with conventional sewing practice.

Thereafter with the facing material outer most, as manipulated as just previously described, the under arm portions are sewn, the points having been trimmed and the curves clipped as will be understood by those skilled in the art, the sewing under the arms being indicated in FIGURE 5 at 25 which brings the edges 90 and 130 together. correspondingly the under arm sewing at 25 of the opposite sleeve end 70., is the result of bringing together the portions 100 and 140 along the lines indicated in FIGURE 6. The FIGURE 6 illustration however is the result of having reversed the garment completely so that the right side of the material, as for example the striped material, is outermost as indicated and thus the bodice itself is essentially finished as far as the sewing thereof is concerned.

It will be apparent that there is thus no requirement to manipulate small pieces nor to hem or trim or bind any of the edges because of the unique manner in which the garment as a whole has been provided with an inner facing, and subsequent reversal and manipulation of the respective parts thereof undertaken so that the finished portions bear the related numerals with the letter used in conjunction therewith as indicated, for example, the sleeve ends being denoted 8 and 7 for the right and left sleeves respectively, darts being indicated at 16 and 15 4 respectively, with the neck opening being denoted 17f.

The back of the garment is illustrated in FIGURE 7 with corresponding numerals in the series being applied thereto.

The bodice thus completed may of course be provided with suitable means to hold the edges 5] and 6f closed and the skirt connecting portions may be made readily available for connecting to a skirt or otherwise finishing in accordance with conventional practice. Such skirt edge portions are denoted by numerals corresponding to the previously used numerals with the letter f used in conjunction therewith.

It will be readily understood that a skirt for a dress may be made in similar manner, with a suitable pattern outline, or other articles of apparel correspondingly arranged so as to be provided from a fiat pattern outline, transferred to a block of material which may preferably in turn be provided with facing material, and suitable sewing operations effected on the thus assembled materials. By subsequent manipulation of the material the respective parts are turned inside out and thereafter completed whereby substantially fewer operations and tedious handling of small parts are required for doll dress making as will be readily understood.

I claim:

1. The method of doll dress manufacture which comprises laying out a flat one piece pattern outline of the dress member to be made on shape retaining material, cutting out said pattern outline, positioning fabric members constituting facing and outer parts with their right sides face to face beneath said pattern outline, marking the outline of the pattern outline on the fabric members whilst they are in the position stated, sewing said parts together at predetermined areas, cutting excess fabric away according to the outline marked thereon, reversing the face to face relationship of the fabric parts, and completing the sewing of the assembled parts as indicated on the pattern outline.

2. The method of doll dress manufacture, which comprises providing a fiat one piece pattern outline of a dress member, transferring said outline to a fabric unit consisting of inner facing and outer parts, sewing said parts together, cutting excess fabric away from said outline, thereafter reversing the relationship of the inner and outer parts whilst in sewed condition, and subsequently completing the sewing of said dress member.

3. The method of doll dress manufacture, which comprises laying out the outline of a doll dress on fiat fabric members arranged in face to face position, sewing said members together in such position and to such an extent that the parts thus provided may be reversed to reverse the relationship of the members whilst sewed together, cutting away excess fabric to facilitate such reversal, causing the parts to be reversed, and thereafter completing the dress.

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